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Having just done a 6 day trail ride (not endurance related) half way on my 14.2 mare and the other half on a 14.3+ a little QH...I promise that extra inch makes a lot of difference when you're getting on!!  Oh please, give me back my 'little' mare!!

Suzi and just short enough Holly

----- Original Message -----

From: Laney Humphrey

To: kazevedo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:59 PM

Subject: Re: [RC] Maybe shorter is better ;)

In my mind, the ultimate proof that shorter is pretty gosh darned good
is John Parke and his 2 Icelandics, Remington and Skoldur.  (The horses
are short, John isn't!)  John has over 11,000 miles on his 2 trusty
"ponies" and they are still going strong.
Laney
kazevedo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Our family just got a 14 hand Halfinger, and boy do I love riding him.
> He feels like a big horse when riding him, and I don't mind getting on
> and off either! He has a very big walk, but his trot is quite a bit
> slower than our 15 hand arab.
> Today I was riding my 15 hand Arab "Shrimp" with a fellow boarder at
> Piedmont Stables (CA), and she was riding a 16.2 TB. When I told her
> how tall my horse Shrimp was, she said "Oh, so Shrimp's just a bit
> taller than a pony". I'm thinking... what?? For me, 5'3'', 15 hands is
> tall!
> Perhaps that is just me, because I haven't been too exposed to horses
> who are 16 hands and over. What do you all think the AVERAGE height
> for endurance horses is? My guess would be 14.3.
> Anyway, I think that I wouldn't mind an endurance horse under 15 hands
> next time. I know I'd get off and walk along side a lot more!
>
>
>
> Katie
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2005, at 4:56 PM, gary affleck wrote:
>
>     Yep there sure is, it goes just like the ones about dogs.  It
>     ain't the size of the Dog in the fight, it's the fight in the dog
>     that counts.  I'm pretty sure that goes as well for horses.  I
>     could be wrong, But I'd doubt it.  <image.tiff>  G.Affleck
>     
>     ---- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Kristen A Fisher
>     *To:* ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     *Sent:* Monday, February 07, 2005 2:49 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [RC] Maybe shorter is better ;)
>
>     So here's a question - is there a hard and fast rule about horse
>     size/weight vs. rider/tack weight?
>
>
>     
>     Kristen in TX
>
>


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